mammalia. GLIRES. Cavla. 77 
Tailed; body tawny-brown ; belly yellowiHi, 
2 -p ^ Long-nofed Cavy. 
•5' 3-toed ; belly yellowifh. 
a P ^bove tawny ; beneath white. 
4- Jjojly covered with coarfe, tawny fur. 
nl;abits South America, and IVeJl India ijlands; lives In hollow 
ticps or burrows ; leeks food by day, eats vegetables which it 
collcfts and prtjerves ; fits on its hind-legs, and carries its food 
to its mouth with its fore-paws; leaps rather than runs; 
grows quick, is eafily tanied ; liefh rcfcmbles a rabbit, brings 
3 5 young ; about j -t foot long. 
Tail oonie, naked, very iliort ; J'eei fubpaimate. 
■tperea, 'p. .. 
■ body above tawny-aft, beneath white. Rock Cavy. 
Inhabits Brajil, in the holes of rocks ; a foot long. 
.Pars fliort ; 4-toed, black, naked, hind ^-toedj claxcs 
ftort, (inall. 
2. Black fpotted with tatvny. 
On the continent of America are found many varieties of this 
fpecies, difiering only in colour. 
Col ' ' 
'I'ail oj variegated with white and tawny or black. 
Guinea Fig- Rejilefs Cavy, 
Inliabits £ra/I^, domcfticatcd in £«rtipe; is perpetually reftlcfs, 
grunting, running to and fro, eating or keeping ; feeds on 
vegetables, particularly parlley, drinks water, loves warmth ; 
teats 2, brings many perfeft young many times a year ; about 
a foot long. 
' Colour varying ; hair harfli, longer on the neck ; body thick ; 
neck fhort; ears fliort, broad, naked without; eyes large, 
brown, a little prominent. 
^>tca. 
Tail very ftort ; noje with tufts of curly hair ; whiikers 
long, numerous. Patagonian Cavy. 
Inhabits P atagonia, refembles the reft in manners ; flelh white, 
^ delicate ; weight often 26 pounds. 
pars long, broad at the bottom ; upper lip cleft ; no/e black at 
the tip ; /ace, back and legs on the fore-part cinereous mixed 
with tawny ; rump black ; belly dirty -white ; outfide eaj;h 
thigh a white patch ; legs long, 4-toed before, 3 behind ; 
claws long, ftraight, black. 
C 
Tail o; fore-feet 3-toed, palmate. River Cavy. 
Inhabits the eaftem parts of South America, in fenny woods near 
large rivers ; fwims and dives well ; feeds on fifti, wliich it 
catches at night, and vegetables ; gregarious, grows fat, flelh 
tender ; brings i young : aj feet long. Head 
